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The answer to, and winner (if any) for, our last contest question of:
This struggling writer had gotten 5 books published that year, 1900. It was near Christmas and he needed some money for presents. He asked his publisher for an advance. They gave him a check on one of his book's earnings. He thanked them and went home without looking at the check. When he handed it to his wife he noticed it was…